Apr 24, 2026
Ideas can have such long legs. Many long years ago, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, I read an article in the then-Minneapolis Star Tribune about the then-head of what was then-called the Minneapolis Institute of Art. It was, even then, a vast magnificent...
Apr 9, 2026
It’s the season for aimless car jaunts, re-acquainting ourselves with the outside after a long winter. Just look at all that world out there! Here’s a no-charge recommendation: adjust your sight to overlook all things man-made and focus only on trees. It’s easy,...
Mar 18, 2026
Who knows why we fall in love with certain poems? We print them out, pin them up on our doors and walls and mirrors, save the tattered books and chapbooks in which they first appeared to us. Is it the language, the subject, a particular phrase, the mysterious way they...
Mar 11, 2026
One of the pleasures of living in downtown Saint Paul is the opportunity to live an everyday life with architecture. The neighborhood forms masses of shapes against the sky, and there are wonderful interior shapes with atriums of different heights and colors. The...
Feb 12, 2026
I was raised in a time and place, and in a family, that followed strict protocol about home-handling of the American flag. Fly it on Memorial Day, on Flag Day, on the 4th of July, Labor Day. Never let it touch the ground. Never fly it in the rain. Take it in at...
